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Updated Jan 16, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Sales Associate at Cbeyond
Posted Jan 16, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 (took a day)
A repersenative called to talk about the position and some basic information and to set up an interview. Went to the interview and was asked basic questions about my resume, background, and some situation questions and how I handled them. Simple interview and was told at the end that they would call in 24 hours but never did. the job is a cold B2B sales job wanting tons of driving and cold sales to businesses.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Personality Test.
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Sales Associate at Cbeyond
Posted Aug 1, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in Seattle, WA (took 2 weeks)
I was contacted by the company via my posted resume on the internet. After an initial phone interview I was asked to come in for a 1:1 interview and learn more about the position. The questions were standard run of the mill interview questions. "Describe a time you overcame adversity" etc. After this I was told to email him the next day if I was interested in moving forward. He was going to be out of town visiting his family in Kentucky but assured me that he would be checking his email and would respond with the appropriate next steps as per my response. I emailed him at 10 the next morning (Friday) that I was interested. He did not get back to me until Wednesday of the next week and when he did so it was via text message at 7:30 in the evening. He asked me if I had had time to consider the position and if I was interested. I texted him back that I was indeed interested and had already emailed him. The next day I got a call from someone else from Cbeyond who said she was the recruiter for Colorado and was helping the other recruiter from Washington keep up with his appointments while he was in Atlanta undergoing more training. In light of these unprofessional actions needless to say I did not continue along in the process.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Sales Associate at Cbeyond
Posted Apr 19, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in Santa Clara, CA (took 3 weeks)
Both the phone interview and the on site interview were easy. After the initial two interviews there is a ride along, which is basically another interview. After the ride along, there is an interview with an executive who will offer to hire you.
At this point you will be hired, but have to go through 2 weeks of training. The two week training session is an extended paid interview, where they see if you can do the job and pick up the material. During the training you are tested everyday, and go out into the field to see how successful you can be.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Sales Associate at Cbeyond
Posted Apr 6, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in Santa Clara, CA (took 3 days)
I was contacted buy a recruiter who really pushed this position on to me. Told me the base salary range right away (which was slightly wrong) 46-52k .. I agreed to meet with the marketing director for hiring. The interview process with her seemed to go pretty well, it lasted about an hour and felt pretty good leaving. Then it became apparent what this company was all about. The person I interviewed with called me that night, and after basically telling me all my faults said she would like me to meet the Marketing Director which I agreed on .. But after that she told me that she would like me to meet him the very next day and that I was to put together a list of 20 company's with name and contact info to show the MD. Basically put a business plan or action plan together for my meeting time, which was 9am the next day.. Mind you she called me at 6:30pm.. So I threw something together, very basic .. I got to interview and he was 45 mints late meeting with me.. Bottom line he never looked at my plan and said I would here from the marketing hiring person buy the end of the day.. She called and said that they would move me along to the ride along which was all day 730am to 7pm.. But she always made me feel like I should be fortunate for getting to this level.. I have over 12 years of sales experience more than any other reps they have ... She also told me that I need to look more professional in my appearance???? I was wearing a 3 piece suit for my interview, i found that to be very rude.. And then to top it off they asked me to bring in bagels or donuts for the staff before my ride along.. So needless to say I called her the next morning to cancel my ride along and told her this was not the company for me... She then proceeded to blast me for canceling and said I was not on there radar anymore (which was fine with me for sure),..It seemed more of a cult then an opportunity ..
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Reason for Declining
just not for me.. Made me feel like they were doing me a favor buy hiring me..
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Sales Associate at Cbeyond
Posted Aug 11, 2010
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in Gardena, CA (took 5 days)
Contacted by two different recruitors; did research on the company and sounded ok as a backup job. I have extensive sales experience, and recently returned to college to complete my degree. The recruitor said I was "excellent for the position" and coached me thru the entire process. Set up an interview and met with the territory sales manager. Direct interview, explained what was required of me, and said I would be working under someone younger then me. I am 30 years old and have extensive sales experience. I was told that I had "too much inside sales experience".
I was asked what do I want financially? I said base salary is not the concern, something reasonable but "unlimited upside potential ( I made six figures at the top of my sales career), I guess that was a red flag, since most of the posts state that earnings range between 28-50k.
When I also asked,,,what does your top sales person do different than the rest? I could not get a straight answer. Reminds a lot of the brokerage business where there is high turnover...the sheep (newbies) do all the cold calling and quit, and the senior brokers (pick up the leads and close).
Looks like a good place to start your sales career; if you can knock on 60 doors a day for six months, you should learn something, (persistence, determination and hard work) and sales and closing ability--you can take it anywhere!
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Sales Associate at Cbeyond
Posted Aug 5, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in Oak Brook, IL (took 2 weeks)
Professional and believable until the ride-along day. During the daily morning meeting/class the presenter talked down to the 'class' and was unprofessional and rude. The smaller team meeting was a lot of the same- high pressure sales, putting sales reps down, then trying to motivate them back up to go out and do field work. Extremely unprofessional sales ride-along, 'interviewer'/sales rep lied about my involvement and responses in the interview. He went on personal errands (shopping) while leaving me in the car while we were supposed to be going door-to-door. He didn't want to drive me back to the office because he would miss the beginning of the bulls game, so he passed me to another sales rep at a gas station. He told me the interview was over and that I did not need to report back to the office (which was untrue), so I didn't. He also said I did 'great' and that he would give me a positive review, but did the EXACT opposite. I think he just didn't want any additional sales competition within the company.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Sales Associate at Cbeyond
Posted Jul 28, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 in Southfield, MI (took a day)
Described the job duties very well. Proffesional. They have a sales recruiting company screen you then direct you to the HR depatment. Very intense and aggresive vibe from the employees.
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Reason for Declining
They want me to start training within 3 days. I couldnt because it wasnt enough time notice of my current employer
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Sales Associate at Cbeyond
Posted Jun 30, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 (took 2 days)
Fantastic technology at this company! Interview process was very thorough, but quick.
Interview Questions
Reason for Declining
Pay wasn't sufficient enough
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Sales Associate at Cbeyond
Posted May 27, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in Anaheim, CA (took 2 days)
I had several recruiters from all over the greater LA area try and shoehorn me into this job. I was initially reluctant after doing a little bit of research, but I decided that no harm could come from an interview.
I went through a phone interview and face-to-face, then they asked me to go on a field day. you show up at 7, and shadow a rep through his day, walking door to door and pitching the company.
I decided to not continue based on personal feelings about the company after the field day.
Interview Questions
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Sales Associate at Cbeyond
Posted May 21, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 (took a day)
I was referred to the interview by my friends cousin. Did some prior research on the company and found a lot of negative things about CBeyond so I was hesitant going in. The interview went great which lasted about an hour where I sat in front of two employees who told me how great it was to work there. I asked a few questions about their company and their response to everything was that the job was hard but rewarding. After the interview I went back online and did more research and realized it was not the job for me. Do the research for yourself and you will see what I mean
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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